HIP NEWS, 7 August 2023
HIP SEMINAR
Tuesday 15 August 2023 at 10:15 in A315 and using Zoom
Zurab Berezhiani (Aquila, Gran Sasso)
“The Neutron Anomalies: a Portal to New Physics?”
Abstract: https://www.hip.fi/seminars/
The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters Biosciences Section organise the Climate and Adaptation symposium on September 28, 2023 at Tieteiden talo in Helsinki.
The symposium is free of charge, but registration is required via the following link: https://forms.gle/tjkoJhPSa6L79qDj6
The last day of registration is September 20, 2023.
The symposium is organized by the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters Biosciences Section.
The program and further details from this web page:
https://scientiarum.fi/eng/climate-and-adaptation-symposium/
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
The Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation
The Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation accepts grant applications every day of the year. There are no separate application times.
https://jaes.fi/en/applying-for-donation-2/
Finnish Academy of Science and Letters: Mathematics Fund
There are no fixed dates for applying to the Mathematics Fund. There are no fixed dates for applying to the Mathematics Fund. Applications should be sent to the chairman of the trustees, Matti Lassas (matti.lassas [at] helsinki.fi ).
https://www.acadsci.fi/en/scholarships-and-prizes/scholarships/mathematics-fund.html
(In Finnish) Marjatta ja Eino Kollin Säätiö
Säätiön tehtävänä on tukea tieteellistä sekä soveltavaa tutkimusta ja kehitystyötä myöntämällä apurahoja hankkeiden toteuttajille. Säätiö tarjoaa mahdollisuuksia yksittäisille tutkijoille ja kehittäjille sekä tutkimus-/ kehittäjäryhmille. Haasteena on ruokkia nimenomaan sellaista kehitystä, jolla olisi elinympäristömme kannalta positiivista vaikutusta pitkällä tähtäimellä. Apurahojen hakuaika on jatkuva.
(På svenska) Svenska tekniska vetenskapsakademien i Finland (STV)
Stipendier till stöd för vetenskapen
Akademien utdelar stipendier för verksamhet vars syfte sammanfaller med Akademiens. Stipendier kan beviljas enskild sökande med avlagd akademisk slutexamen. Stipendier kan sökas kontinuerligt under året och beslut görs kvartalsvis.
https://www.stvif.fi/forskarstipendier/
EDUFI Fellowship
The EDUFI Fellowship is intended, particularly, for providing initial funding to carry out research for a doctoral thesis in Finland.
Applicant: a Finnish university department
Who: a doctoral student or a young researcher from outside Finland
Purpose: initial funding for completing a doctoral research project in Finland, completion of a double degree or a study visit on exceptionally compelling reasons
Application deadline: rolling deadline. You should apply for the grant five months before the start of the fellowship.
Duration of fellowship: 3–12 months, visits 3–6 months
https://www.oph.fi/en/development/edufi-fellowship
The Finnish Cultural Foundation
In the October round of applications, it is possible to apply for a regular working and/or expenditure grant or a special purpose grant, such as Art for Everyone, Additional Million-euro Funding to Science, Science Education, DNA in Time and Space and Eminentia grants. The Application Guidelines for Grants apply to all of these. Special purpose grants also have their own detailed additional guidelines.
Application period: 10.10.–31.10.2023 until 4 pm
https://skr.fi/en/grants/october-round-applications
Fulbright-Technology Industries of Finland Grants (Postdoc)
The Fulbright–Technology Industries of Finland Grant Program awards grants to postdoctoral researchers in the field of technology to carry out a research project in the U.S. The research should support the development of different fields of technology (electronics and electrical technology, machinery and metal technology, metallurgical industry, information technology, planning and consulting).
The program is also suitable for master or doctoral-level studies (please note a different application deadline and see more information on the program page).
The application round for the academic year 2024-25 is open. Apply by October 3!
Seeking Solutions for Global Challenges Award
This award is designed to enable Finnish professionals and postdoctoral researchers to conduct research or professional projects in any discipline on topics of current and global importance at any appropriate U.S. institution or organization.
The application round is open. Apply by October 3!
Instrumentarium Science Foundation’s Call for grants 2024
The Foundation’s primary role is to support medical, technical and scientific equipment and methods related research and economic research in these fields. The Foundation can also support other high-level basic research in medical, scientific and technological areas that promotes the Foundation’s purposes.
- Instrufoundation Fellow Grants
The Fellow grant á 150 000 Euros is intended for an independent researcher who has recently (approx. in the last two years) returned to Finland from abroad either to establish his or her own research group or to strengthen the researcher’s existing research group. The Fellow grant is intended to be used for research work in Finland during one year.
- Post-doc grants
- Grants for doctoral theses
- Silmu Grants
The online application service will be opened on the 1st August 2023. The name of the grant recipients, the subject of the grant and the amount awarded will be published on the Foundation homepage in early 2024.
https://www.instrufoundation.fi/grants-2023
Alfred Kordelin Foundation
The Foundation awards grants for finalizing Ph.D. theses, and for research visits related to Ph.D. thesis work in various fields of science. A grant awarded for finalizing a Ph.D. thesis should lead to the thesis being submitted for pre-examination by the end of the grant period. Science grants are only awarded to private individuals.
Application period: 1.–15. August 2023
Decision: November 2023
https://kordelin.fi/en/yearly-grants-science
Orion Research Foundation grants for 2024
Grants are designated to support academic research for Finnish medicine, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, and natural sciences related to those, such as chemistry and physics according Orion Research Foundation’s rules
The grant application period is between 1 August and 10 September 2023.
More details on https://www.orion.fi/en/science/orion-research-foundation/grants-for-2024/
Nessling Foundation’s general call
In the general grant call, we are looking for innovative projects and active researchers that enable or support sustainability transformations with respect for natural systems. We provide funding for projects that contribute to the Nessling Foundation’s mission to seek systemic solutions for an ecologically sustainable future.
Nessling Foundation’s general call is open 14 August–8 September 2023.
https://www.nessling.fi/grants-2/open-calls/?lang=en
The Pool’s Autumn Call
The Finnish Foundations’ Post Doc Pool’s Autumn Application Round will be open from 15 Aug until 15 Sep 2023.
https://postdocpooli.fi/?lang=en